Don't Starve Together
Don't Starve Together Server Hosting
Host a Don't Starve Together dedicated server for cooperative survival. Survival, Endless and Wilderness modes, PVP toggle, password protection and full server control.
7 days free, no card. One subscription runs any game we host.
- 1 GB minimum
- PC only for hosted servers
- Ports assigned for you
- Mods and add-ons supported
- Game
- Don't Starve Together
- Address
- play.example.com
- Players
- 6 / 10
- RAM
- 1 GB
Console
Don't Starve Together
Hosted on FadeHost
What you get on a Don't Starve Together server
Cooperative wilderness survival in a strange and dangerous world. Everything below is in the panel from the moment the server finishes installing.
- DDoS protection and NVMe storage on every server
- Daily backups with one-click restore and a file manager
- Console, scheduled tasks, team access and SFTP
- Split your RAM across as many servers as you want
Don't Starve Together server requirements
What the server needs before you pick a size. 1 GB of RAM is the minimum.
- RAM
- 1 GB minimum. Every extra gigabyte is $1 a month and can be added or removed later without a reinstall.
- CPU
- Light for a group of six; caves double the work.
- Disk
- Small.
- Ports
- One UDP port per shard, assigned for you; caves run as a second shard.
- Mods and plugins
- Steam Workshop mods by ID; players get them automatically.
- Your existing world
- Upload the cluster folder; a Klei server token from your account is needed to run any server.
How to make a Don't Starve Together server
A Don't Starve Together server keeps your world running around the clock. Setup on FadeHost takes about five minutes including the Klei token.
- 1
Create your server
Start the free 7-day trial (no credit card) or pick a plan. 1 GB is plenty for a fresh world; long-lived worlds like 2 GB. Then hit Create Server in the panel, choose Don't Starve Together and your region, and the server installs itself. Your server's address and port appear on the server page as soon as it's up.
- 2
Add your cluster token
Klei requires a free token for online servers. Log in at accounts.klei.com, add a server under Game Servers for Don't Starve Together, copy the token and paste it into the panel's Cluster Token setting, then start the server.
What the panel hands you
- Address
- On the server page as soon as it is up, port and all.
- Console and files
- Live console, a file manager and SFTP, from the first minute.
- Backups
- Daily, with one-click restore and a backup you can take by hand before a risky change.
- If it goes wrong
- The crash doctor reads the log and tells you the cause in plain words.
Start from a preset
When you create a Don't Starve Together server, pick one of these and every setting is filled in. Change any field, or save a running server's setup as your own preset.
Friends with caves
Survival with the cave world, 6 slots.
- Game mode: Survival
- Caves
- No PvP
- Player slots: 6
Endless
No world reset on death, no caves.
- Game mode: Endless
- No Caves
- No PvP
- Player slots: 6
Wilderness PvP
Wilderness rules with PvP on.
- Game mode: Wilderness
- PvP
- No Caves
- Player slots: 12
What a Don't Starve Together server costs
You pay for RAM, not for the title: a server slot is $2.50 a month with 1 GB and 30 GB of storage, and every gigabyte after that is $1. A year is ten months. The same subscription runs Don't Starve Together today and anything else we host tomorrow.
Recommended
1 GB
$2.50/mo
or $25 a year
1 GB is the minimum this page lists for Don't Starve Together.
Start with 1 GBMore room
2 GB
$3.50/mo
or $35 a year
Headroom for a bigger group or a world that has grown.
Start with 2 GBMore room
3 GB
$4.50/mo
or $45 a year
Headroom for a bigger group or a world that has grown.
Start with 3 GBEvery size starts with the 7-day trial and no card. Add RAM, storage or a second server later from the panel, on the same subscription. See how pricing works
Who can join
The honest version, so nobody buys a server their friends cannot reach.
Platforms
PC on Steam.
Crossplay
PC only for hosted servers.
Regions and latency
Pick Europe or North America when you create the server. North America has nodes on the east coast and the west coast, Europe in the west, all on NVMe storage with DDoS protection in front. Players on the same continent as the server see 20 to 60 ms, which Don't Starve Together handles well; a group split across the Atlantic should host where most of them are. Changing region later is a backup, a new server in the other region, and a restore.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a cluster token and where do I get one?
- Klei requires a free token to host an online server. Log in at accounts.klei.com with the Steam account that owns the game, add a server under Game Servers for Don't Starve Together, and paste the token into the panel's Cluster Token setting.
- How much RAM does a Don't Starve Together server need?
- 1 GB runs a fresh overworld server comfortably. Long-lived worlds with many in-game days benefit from 2 GB.
- Does the server include caves?
- Not yet. The server runs the overworld shard; caves need a second linked server process and are on our roadmap. Everything above ground plays exactly like the normal game.
- Do my friends need the game?
- Yes, every player needs Don't Starve Together on Steam. They can find your server by name in the in-game browser or join with the password you set.
- Does the world save when the server stops?
- Yes. Stops and restarts from the panel run the game's own shutdown command, which saves the world before the process exits.
Other games on the same subscription
All gamesRuns alongside your Don't Starve Together server
All products and pricesStart your Don't Starve Together server
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